Here here! Well put. When, on the past, attempts have been made to expand
the scope of both groups the response has been that status quo is the
choice.

The decades long research into the histories of tools and tool makers
reached a zenith and is now in decline. I can see this in the scope and
quality of articles in both Association journals as compared to the content
over their respective lives.

It is a sad truth that any community can outlive its relevance if internal
growth is stagnant.

Given that, what's next? So I'll put the question: if a Facebook group was
created expressly for the oldtools list, following the precepts and
restrictions of the list, would this be of interest?

On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 11:21 PM Joshua Clark 
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